HP System Diagnostics Utility

HP System Diagnostics Utility is a small software application whose purpose is to help you get information about your system using straightforward actions. It comes in handy especially when you need to telephone support for your HP Scanjet Scanner or Photosmart Camera.

The advantages of being portable

The portable running mode ensures no entries are recorded in your Windows registry. You may copy the tool on any USB flash drive or other portable devices and carry it with you.

Clean looks

You are welcomed by a multi-tabbed layout that reveals information about your current operating system, available system resources, list of devices and their status, and running applications.

System details

HP System Diagnostics Utility displays data about your system, such as operating system, version, Windows directory, system folder, display settings, username, computer name, system BIOS, video BIOS, and processor.
In addition, it reveals the current percentage of memory in use, as well as total and free physical memory, total and virtual data, total and free page file. The program lists all partitions detected on your system, along with details about the name, type, total size and free space.

Devices, applications and logs

You can check out a list with all your devices and properties about them, refresh data with a single click, as well as get an overview of all your running programs and details about each one, such as version, size, company name, location, and date when it was created and modified.
An inventory with HP utilities deployed on your computer is also displayed in the main window. Last but not least, you may export the information to a log.

Bottom line

All things considered, HP System Diagnostics Utility comes with a decent feature pack for helping you collect information about your system, and can be mastered by all types of users, regardless of their experience level. On the downside, it hasn’t been updated for a long time so you can test its capabilities especially on older operating systems, such as Windows XP, Vista or 7.